Culture Factory Presents Luka Bloom & Friends

Culture Factory is proud to present as part of Feile Bride, Luka Bloom & Friends.

The Derby House HotelKildare

Event Details

  • Fri 6 Feb  2009
  • 8.00pm

  • Cost: &euro20

  • Venue Details
    The Derby House Hotel

    Dublin Road
    Kildare



Kildare musician Luka Bloom is to play in the Derby House in Kildare town on Friday the 6th of February. Luka is excited about the prospect and said “I am really looking forward to my show in the Derby House on the 6th of February. It is always a special time in Kildare, and we will do our best to make sure this is a great night of music and song”.

Since 1993, at the start of every February, Luka has watched large groups of men and women gather in his home county of Kildare. They come to welcome the beginning of spring. They come to Kildare because it is the home of Brigid, whose feast day is February 1st. Brigid is the goddess of love, poetry, justice in pre-Christian Ireland, and she is the patron saint of Kildare.

The song from his album that most reflects Brigid is called ‘Don’t be afraid of the light that shines within you’ is part of the momentum he experienced within himself last year in recording his latest album. As he puts it himself “I knew that it was not enough to simply record the song. It had to be BIG. Most of my recent recordings are intimate and personal. But this song insists on being as big as is possible. It is a song which wants to explode into the world; and it’s time has come”. He added that “This song came from the power of a group of people who want to shine a bright light for the earth and for humanity” and “this song is a call to people, to reach inside and be aware of the power in each one of us to do good, for ourselves, for our families, for our friends, for our villages and towns, and ultimately, for our earth”. Luka feels this song is quite appropriate as “in these times, many people feel powerless and marginalised but there is such a window opening in the world for goodness and kindness, January 2009 could mark a great beginning and with love and hope in my heart, for our shared future, I hope it is”.

Luka is being helped out for this show by Culture Factory, a voluntary group of young people who are attempting to establish a creative and social centre for the young people of Newbridge. Culture Factory spokesperson stated “we were delighted when Luka asked us to help him out, after all he is one of our prize possessions and it will be a great night”.

Tickets are €20 and available from Top Twenty Naas/Newbridge and from the box office 045-522890.

 


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